Passkey.com, an Internet processor of group hotel reservations, has named travel and technology veteran Greg Pesik as its new CEO, replacing Roger Paradis, who becomes executive chairman of the board.
Pesik comes to Quincy, Mass.-based Passkey from Manugistics Inc. of Rockville, Md., where he served as group vice president of transport, travel and hospitality for the company, which makes software to assist corporate manufacturing and logistics processes. Pesik joined Manugistics when the company bought previous employer Talus Solutions, which developed revenue management software for several industries, including hotels, airlines and rental cars.
Pesik's appointment comes as Passkey continues to make inroads into convention and visitors bureaus and hotels, offering group reservation solutions particularly applicable to large meetings and events. The company, with dozens of CVBs in the fold, has targeted smaller, corporate meetings as its next area of opportunity, offering single-property block management solutions to hotels.
Pesik's appointment last month makes Passkey the second meetings technology company in as many months to replace its CEO, as B-there.com appointed Christine Berthet its chief executive in September.